Security Bulletin
Summary
Prospect Core 8.0.7 Server is impacted by a denial of service vulnerability in Expat caused by the improper handling of internal entity expansion.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2013-0340
DESCRIPTION:
Expat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of internal entity expansion. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted XML document, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available resources.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132738 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Prospect Core Server:
- Version 8.0.7.13
Remediation/Fixes
A hotfix is available to update the Expat libraries to version 2.2.5. The hotfix also provides updated loader binaries as they are built using the static expat library.
Download the hotfix from https://testcase.boulder.ibm.com/fromibm/8.0.7.13_HF05
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
6 April 2018: original version published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22014083